Chemistry
Discover a curated list of renowned celebrities who have made significant contributions to the field of Chemistry. From Nobel laureates to pioneering researchers, explore their fascinating journeys and the impact they have had on scientific advancements.

Jan Czochralski
Poland
PolandPolish chemist

Iren Joliot-Curie
France
FranceChemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry

Henri Moissan
France
FranceChemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906.

Fric Gaber
Poland
PolandChemist

Joseph Bienaime Caventou
France
FranceFrench chemist and pharmacist

Paul Sabatier
France
FranceNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1912, jointly with Victor Grignard

Gilbert Lewis
USA
USAOutstanding American physical chemist.

Murat Zhurinov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakhstani scientist, chemist

Konstantin Krasusky
Russian chemist

Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Germany
GermanyGerman chemist

John Polanyi
Canada
CanadaChemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986 (together with D. Herschbach and Y. T. Lee).

Robert Bunsen
Germany
GermanyGerman chemist.

Mario J. Molina
USA
USAAmerican and Mexican chemist

Fritz Pregl
Austria
AustriaAustrian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1923.

Ellen Swallow Richards
USA
USAAmerican chemist

Rafiga Aliyeva
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences

Vladimir Prelog
Switzerland
SwitzerlandChemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1975 (jointly with D. Cornforth).

John Hogward Northrop
USA
USAChemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1946, shared with Wendell M. Stanley and James B. Sumner

George Wittig
Germany
GermanyGerman organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry (1979, together with G. C. Brown).

Henry Cavendish
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physicist and chemist who discovered hydrogen

Frederick Soddy
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish radiochemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Herbert Hauptman
USA
USAAmerican mathematician, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry 1985

Otto Hahn
Germany
GermanyGerman physicist and chemist

Stephen Gray
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish scientist

Johann Griess
Germany
GermanyGerman organic chemist.

Manfred Eigen
Germany
GermanyNobel Prize in Chemistry 1967 (jointly with R. Norrish and D. Porter).

Claude Louis Berthollet
France
FranceFrench chemist.

Valeriy Antonovich
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian chemist

Paul Karrer
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss chemist

Robert Mistrik
Slovakia
SlovakiaSlovak chemist

Karl Bosh
Germany
GermanyChemist

Otto Heinrich Warburg
Germany
GermanyGerman biochemist and physiologist

Johann Rudolph Glauber
Germany
GermanyGerman alchemist, chemist, apothecary and physician.

Derek Barton
USA
USAEnglish chemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry (1969).

Friedrich August Kekule
Germany
GermanyGerman Chemist

Uiliam Lipskomb
USA
USAAmerican physical chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1976

Yanush Leon Vishnevskiy
Poland
PolandDoctor of Chemical Sciences, writer

Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin
France
FranceFrench chemist and pharmacist

Aaron Klug
Lithuania
LithuaniaChemist

Johannes Kunckel
Germany
GermanyGerman alchemist.

Roger Kornberg
USA
USAAmerican biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry (2006)

Max Ferdinand Perutz
Great Britain
Great BritainChemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1962 (shared with D. Kendrew)

George De Hevesy
Hungary
HungaryNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1943.

Abaskuli Kuliev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor

Herman Hess
Russia
RussiaRussian chemist

Ahmed Zewail
Egypt
EgyptEgyptian-American chemist, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Hans Bunte
Germany
GermanyGerman chemical engineer, professor of chemical engineering

Otto Wichterle
Czech
CzechCzech chemist

Nikolay Menshutkin
Russia
RussiaRussian chemist.

Archibald Scott Couper
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish chemist